The 2010 World Financial Group Seniors will take place in Ottawa, March 20-28 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. 

The Canadian Seniors were last held in Ontario in 2002 in St. Thomas.  Ottawa has twice previously hosted the Seniors.  It staged the inaugural Canadian senior women’s championship in 1973 and the men’s event in 1976, when the championships were conducted separately, prior to being combined, starting in 1985 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

The 2010 format of the World Financial Group Seniors, a format adopted in 1985, lasts 10 days and brings together the best men’s and women’s senior teams from all the provinces and territories.  These 24 teams (96 players) compete, throughout the week, in two  round robin events (men's and women's).  Teams finishing first in each event go directly to the finals.  Teams finishing second and third playoff in the semi-final with winners meeting in the finals. The winners of the 2010 Canadian Seniors will represent Canada at the 2011 World Seniors, at a site and date to be announced.  

Manitoba and Ontario have each won 10 Canadian senior men’s titles since the championship began in 1965 in Port Arthur, while Ontario has also won a leading 10 women’s crowns since 1973.   Ontario (Bruce Delaney of Ottawa) and Nova Scotia (Colleen Pinkney of Truro) won the 2009 Canadian Seniors in Summerside, Prince Edward Island and will now represent Canada at the 2010 World Seniors in Chelyabinsk, Russia.